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      <p>The Core component forms the base of the Eclipse platform's runtime configuration. 
        It includes mechanisms and facilities for:</p>
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        <li>booting and running the platform</li>
        <li>plug-in declaration and management</li>
        <li>resource management</li>
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      <p>The Core is excruciatingly generic -- all plug-ins installed and run 
        on the Core infrastructure are treated equally. The contents of resources 
        are never examined in any domain-specific way and the Core can run equally 
        well with and without a UI. </p>
       <p>Note that much of the Core component's function now falls under the <a href="http://eclipse.org/equinox">Equinox OSGi project</a></p>
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      <p>If you are interested in participating in the development of the Core 
        component, check out the developer's mailing list: <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-core-dev">platform-core-dev@eclipse.org</a>. 
        Chat with people there about your problems and interests, and find out 
        what you can do to help. </p>
      <p>In particular, if you are interested in system level code and are intimately 
        familiar with Java classloading, thread management, filesystem resource 
        management on a variety of operating systems, Windows/Linux filesystem 
        callback management, or programming for speed/space, the Core team wants 
        to talk to you.</p>
      <p>Upcoming work is primarily in the details of currently supported function.</p>
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